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Particle Spacing Analysis of Frozen Sand Specimens with Various Fine Contents by Micro X-ray Computed Tomography Scanning

Micro X-ray CT 촬영을 통한 동결 사질토 시료의 세립분 함유량에 따른 입자간 거리 분석

  • Received : 2016.10.21
  • Accepted : 2016.11.24
  • Published : 2017.01.01
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Abstract

The mechanical characteristics of frozen sand greatly depend on the frozen temperature and the fine contents according to the previous study by Chae et al. (2015). There are two hypotheses to explain this experimental results; one is the unfrozen water contents greatly affected by the fine contents and frozen temperature and the other is the sand particle spacing greatly affected by the pore-ice. To evaluate the latter hypothesis, the micro X-ray CT scan was performed. The micro X-ray CT scanning, one of the actively performed interdisciplinary research area, has a high resolution with micrometer unit allows to investigate internal structure of soils. In this study, X-ray CT technique was applied to investigate the effect of the frozen temperature and fine contents on the sand particle minimum and average spacing with the developed image processing techniques. Based on the spacing analysis, the frozen temperature and fine contents have little influence on the sand particle spacing in the frozen sand specimens.

Chae et al.(2015)에 따르면 동결 사질토의 역학적 거동은 동결온도와 세립분 함유량에 따라 크게 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 원인으로 동결온도에 따른 부동수분의 차이일 것이라는 의견과 세립분 함유량 및 간극 내 얼음에 의해 사질토 입자들 이격거리 차이에 의한 것이라는 의견이 제시되었다. 제시된 두 가지 의견 중 사질토 입자들 이격거리의 확인을 위해 micro X-ray CT 촬영을 수행하였다. X-ray CT 촬영에 의한 비파괴 검사는 최근 지반공학 분야에서 진행되고 있는 다양한 융복합 연구 중 하나로 CT 촬영을 통하여 지반재료의 내부 구조를 마이크로미터 단위의 높은 해상도를 통해 평가할 수 있는 방법이다. 본 연구에서는 -5, -10, $-15^{\circ}C$의 동결온도에서 성형된 5, 10, 15%의 세립분을 포함하고 있는 동결 사질토 공시체에 대하여 micro X-ray CT 촬영을 수행하고 기존의 개발된 이미지 해석 기법을 적용하여 동결 사질토 내의 조립질 입자들의 최단거리 및 평균거리를 통하여 세립분 함유량 및 동결온도가 조립질 입자간의 거리에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 하였다. X-ray CT 촬영 결과, 동결온도 및 세립분 함유량은 동결 사질토 내 입자간 거리에는 큰 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

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